MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-2497

Ophiothela danae Verrill, 1869

Holotype of Ophiothela caerulea

Date Collected:

1861-01-01/1861-04-01

Indian Ocean: Indian Ocean, Western | Arabian Gulf / Persion Gulf

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:OPH-2497 JSON-LD

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Current Identification
Ophiothela danae Verrill, 1869 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiotrichidae
Determiner: [no agent data] on 2015-03-02
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Remarks: revised taxonomy fide WoRMS
Previous Identification
Ophiothela caerulea H.L. Clark, 1915 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiotrichidae
Determiner: Hubert Lyman Clarklinked data icon in 1915
Nature of ID: type ID

Clark 1915, page 283, Holotype of Ophiothela caerulea H.L. Clark, 1915 Plate 14 fig 1
Media type: text; Clark 1915 Description: MCZ Memoirs Vol. XXV no. 4;

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Part Condition Disposition Count
tissue (dry) good in collection 1 History (3)
Remarks: partial arm; sub-sampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2022-09-30
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined by=Nina Black  
whole animal (dry) good in collection 1 History

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2022-09-27

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  • Ocean:
  • Indian Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Indian Ocean, Western
  • Sovereign Nation:
  • [no sovereign nation data]
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Arabian Gulf / Persion Gulf
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Arabian Gulf
  • Georeference:
  • 25.6873350°, 51.2095420° (Error radius: 433454m) By: Penny Benson on 2015-04-06 (Source: Google Earth)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1861-01-01 / 1861-04-01
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 1861
  • Collector:
  • Chas. Mullet

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